Case Study: Air France-KLM achieves $1M annual savings and 20% faster Java application deployment with XebiaLabs' XL Deploy

Air France-KLM Speeds up Java Application Deployment with XebiaLabs’ XL Deploy

Air France‑KLM, a global airline group with 32,000 employees, depends on web applications for ticketing, crew operations and other critical processes. KLM’s WebF@rm teams handled about 200 Java EE deployments per week but suffered from manual, error‑prone handoffs and poor Dev/Ops coordination—more than 70% of deployments experienced problems, making releases long and labor intensive.

KLM implemented XebiaLabs XL Deploy to automate end‑to‑end deployments (agentless, self‑service UI and multi‑middleware support). The solution eliminated deployment errors, accelerated application delivery by 20%, shortened turnaround times by weeks, delivered $1M in annual savings with payback under a year, and freed developers to focus on higher‑value work.

Air France-KLM

Ronald Bosch

Manager, Web Systems